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however, a large uptick followed where 145 were found in louisiana. less than 300 were reported last year, but officials believe fewer fisherman were calling them in, because it was less of a novelty to see the asian shrimp in their nets. department of wildlife and fisheries biologist, rob bourjois, is keeping track of the tiger shrimp catches in louisiana waters. >> the reports seem to be random across the coast, you know from calcasieu all the way to pontchartrain base siin, we're seeing reports this year. this year our numbers are up and we did do a pretty good job at getting the word out to fishermen to report it. so our numbers are higher than last year at this time. >> the problem is, this is a larger shrimp that eats smaller invertebrates, it eats shrimp and tiny crabs. so not only are you competing for resources with our native shrimp, you're also directly consuming them. it's kind of a double whammy. and the bigger question to me, the greatest potential problem the the transmission of diseases. we do know that they are capable of carrying sev
however, a large uptick followed where 145 were found in louisiana. less than 300 were reported last year, but officials believe fewer fisherman were calling them in, because it was less of a novelty to see the asian shrimp in their nets. department of wildlife and fisheries biologist, rob bourjois, is keeping track of the tiger shrimp catches in louisiana waters. >> the reports seem to be random across the coast, you know from calcasieu all the way to pontchartrain base siin, we're...
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. >>> and from louisiana, an invasive species threatens a multi-billion dollar industry, next on "pbs newshour weekend." >>> "pbs newshour weekend" i
. >>> and from louisiana, an invasive species threatens a multi-billion dollar industry, next on "pbs newshour weekend." >>> "pbs newshour weekend" i
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alabama or louisiana, not so much. >> students were learning different things in florida, from what they were learning in new york city, from what they were learning in nebraska, and even what they were learning in each school in new york city. >> reporter: to clear up the confusion, some governors and state superintendents developed a common set of standards which states could choose to adopt or not. from the beginning, the obama administration pushed the states to adopt them. >> we laid out a few key criteria and said, "if you meet these tests, we'll reward you by helping you reform your schools." >> reporter: the reward was significant: hundreds of millions of dollars to states that pledged to do what washington wanted. states competed for a share of the $4.35 billion in what washington calls "race to the top." >> governor were nervous. ( laughs ) >> reporter: 46 states and the district of columbia presented ambitious plans. >> oh, we believe louisiana is one of the top candidates for this. i mean, we have such exciting reform going on. >> reporter: only a handful of states have actua
alabama or louisiana, not so much. >> students were learning different things in florida, from what they were learning in new york city, from what they were learning in nebraska, and even what they were learning in each school in new york city. >> reporter: to clear up the confusion, some governors and state superintendents developed a common set of standards which states could choose to adopt or not. from the beginning, the obama administration pushed the states to adopt them....
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the letter is similar to two others sent from louisiana to new york city mayor michael bloomberg and to his group advocating gun control. those have tested positive initially for ricin. new york police commissioner ray kelly discussed the situation today. >> i believe that there are three letters, the letters i also believe are the same. they are addressed on front of the envelope, but not in the letter itself. in the letter it says you and then it starts off with the narrative. so, i don't want to re-publish the letters. that would be doing the bidding of the individual who sent these letters. but the letter in essence complains about gun control and says that anyone who comes for my guns will be shot in the face. >> brown: for the latest on the investigation, we turn to jeff mason. he covers the white house for reuters. welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: a lot is not known at this point but what can we say about the new letter? >> they are not saying where they came from but they looked out for letters after the ones sent to mayor bloomberg, and intercepted this particular letter at
the letter is similar to two others sent from louisiana to new york city mayor michael bloomberg and to his group advocating gun control. those have tested positive initially for ricin. new york police commissioner ray kelly discussed the situation today. >> i believe that there are three letters, the letters i also believe are the same. they are addressed on front of the envelope, but not in the letter itself. in the letter it says you and then it starts off with the narrative. so, i...
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a year after she ran for his seat, became the first woman elected to congress from louisiana. she also became an outspoken advocate for equal rights for women and african-americans. she was the first woman to chair a national democratic convention. served as ambassador to the vatican. she was a mother to three including n.p.r., a.b.c. and former newshour congressional correspondent cokey roberts. lindy boggs was 97. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a renewed bid for peace in the mideast gained momentum, with israeli and palestinian negotiators meeting face-to-face tonight in washington. and pope francis said he will not try to judge priests who are gay. he spoke in a wide-ranging news conference as he flew home from brazil. >> woodruff: online, capturing america from the car window. kwame holman has more. >> holman: inspired by jack kerouac's "on the road," bob dylan folk songs, and the evolving american landscape, three artists photographed the open road. see their take on americana on art beat. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen?
a year after she ran for his seat, became the first woman elected to congress from louisiana. she also became an outspoken advocate for equal rights for women and african-americans. she was the first woman to chair a national democratic convention. served as ambassador to the vatican. she was a mother to three including n.p.r., a.b.c. and former newshour congressional correspondent cokey roberts. lindy boggs was 97. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a renewed bid for...
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one person died and at least 73 people were injured in louisiana today, when a chemical plant exploded and caught fire. amateur video showed a thick plume of smoke rising from the facility, 20 miles southeast of baton rouge. the plant produces highly flammable gases, ethylene and propylene. there was no immediate word on what sparked the explosion. revelations of extensive surveillance by the national security agency are already doing damage. the director of the federal bureau of investigation made that claim today, backed up by some in congress. it was the latest in the uproar over the n.s.a.'s data collection on phone calls and online communications. f.b.i. head robert mueller told a house hearing the leaks have done significant harm to national security, by putting terror suspects on alert. >> but i can tell you every time we have a leak like this, and you follow it up and you look at follow this very, very, very, very closely, and they're looking for ways around it. one of the great vulnerabilities the terrorists understand is their communications. and they are consistently looking
one person died and at least 73 people were injured in louisiana today, when a chemical plant exploded and caught fire. amateur video showed a thick plume of smoke rising from the facility, 20 miles southeast of baton rouge. the plant produces highly flammable gases, ethylene and propylene. there was no immediate word on what sparked the explosion. revelations of extensive surveillance by the national security agency are already doing damage. the director of the federal bureau of investigation...
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louisiana congressman charles boustany: >> you sent letters to congress acknowledging our investigation of these allegations, but consistently omitted that such discriminatory practices that are alleged were actually, in fact, taking place. why did you mislead congress and the american people on this? >> mr. chairman, i did not mislead congress nor the american people. i answered the questions as they were asked. >> reporter: and california congressman devin nunes wanted to know why miller did not fight to keep his job, if he feels that way. >> you've said that numerous times on the record today that you did nothing wrong. so i find it hard to believe, why did you resign? or why are you resigning? >> i never said i didn't do anything wrong, mr. nunes. what i said is contained in the questions. i resigned because as the acting commissioner, what happens in the i.r.s., whether i was personally involved or not, stops at my desk. and so i should be held accountable for what happens. whether i was personally involved or not are very different questions, sir. >> reporter: democrats at the hea
louisiana congressman charles boustany: >> you sent letters to congress acknowledging our investigation of these allegations, but consistently omitted that such discriminatory practices that are alleged were actually, in fact, taking place. why did you mislead congress and the american people on this? >> mr. chairman, i did not mislead congress nor the american people. i answered the questions as they were asked. >> reporter: and california congressman devin nunes wanted to...
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gulf oil spill, one that may have important implications for a multi-billion dollar civil trial in louisiana. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: soon after the deepwater horizon rig exploded, three companies began a blame game over whose mistakes were most responsible for the environmental disaster. that battle, which continues to play out in court, involved b.p., transocean and halliburton. b.p. leased the deepwater horizon from transocean. it also owned much of the macondo well that erupted and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the gulf. halliburton was contracted to design and build the well. one of the key arguments has been about whether halliburton's work on the well may have led to the blowout that killed 11 people. yesterday, halliburton pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 about test simulations it did with cement in the wake of the accident. paul barrett has been following this story for "bloomberg businessweek" and fills us in. paul, what were the test results that halliburton allegedly destroyed? >> halliburton after the disaster did computer simulatio
gulf oil spill, one that may have important implications for a multi-billion dollar civil trial in louisiana. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: soon after the deepwater horizon rig exploded, three companies began a blame game over whose mistakes were most responsible for the environmental disaster. that battle, which continues to play out in court, involved b.p., transocean and halliburton. b.p. leased the deepwater horizon from transocean. it also owned much of the macondo...
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. >> brown: two other republicans, louisiana's david vitter and utah's mike lee, announced today they're opposed to using force in syria. but democratic senator dianne feinstein, chairing the senate select committee on intelligence, said she's convinced by the evidence that it's time to act. >> its enough for me. see, i think the prohibition on chemical weapons is well founded. and after you watch exactly what happens, you can see why that's so. because they have tons and tons and tons of this stuff. they have one of the largest-- if not the largest-- storage base of chemical weapons in that part of the world. >> brown: a senate vote is expected next week and an associated press survey found today that 40 senators are undecided on how they will vote. 34 support or lean toward military action and 26 are against. even from st. petersburg, aides said the president has been calling lawmakers in search of more "yes" votes. he's expected to continue lobbying both congress and world leaders before returning home tomorrow night. >> woodruff: for more on the challenges ahead for president obama a
. >> brown: two other republicans, louisiana's david vitter and utah's mike lee, announced today they're opposed to using force in syria. but democratic senator dianne feinstein, chairing the senate select committee on intelligence, said she's convinced by the evidence that it's time to act. >> its enough for me. see, i think the prohibition on chemical weapons is well founded. and after you watch exactly what happens, you can see why that's so. because they have tons and tons and...
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providing foreign language voting materials to spanish speakers in texas, to vietnamese speakers in louisiana now an option? a way that it wasn't when section 4 still stood? >> i think that those jurisdictions will still continue to provide votesing language materials. and voting materials in foreign languages because it's the right thing to do. with section 4 gone i don't think it's going to take very long for congress to mend the knack a way that makes sense. and if you can show that the denial of alternative language voting materials is a violation of somebody's right to vote, then there are effective remedies. yes, it was just pointed out that utilizing section 2, and individual lawsuits can be a long and difficult way of doing things, but sometimes the right way of doing things, sometimes the constitutional way of doing things is not the easiest, but that is our system of government. the preclearance provision put an undue burden on a select number of states, based on analyses that were from the 1960s. and now is time to move forward and to make sure that there is no discrimination in vo
providing foreign language voting materials to spanish speakers in texas, to vietnamese speakers in louisiana now an option? a way that it wasn't when section 4 still stood? >> i think that those jurisdictions will still continue to provide votesing language materials. and voting materials in foreign languages because it's the right thing to do. with section 4 gone i don't think it's going to take very long for congress to mend the knack a way that makes sense. and if you can show that...
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miles from the mouth of the mississippi river and aiming for landfall somewhere between grand isle, louisiana and destin, florida. the storm could become a hurricane by the time it strikes shore, sometime tomorrow. more details have emerged on the connecticut woman who led police on a car chase through downtown washington, yesterday. miriam carey first tried to drive through a white house security barrier. from there, she raced to the capitol, where police briefly cornered her, before she sped off again. she was shot to death moments later. today, investigators said carey was delusional, and believed the president was communicating with her. her mother said she'd suffered from post-partum depression. police in stamford, connecticut- - where carey lived-- searched her condo overnight. >> we did not deem to be there any danger, but we certainly took all precautionary to make sure of that. so, with that being said, we tested the air, we tested different products, we deconned ourselves coming in and coming out. we secured it with our robot, and then we went in and secured some evidence. >> woodru
miles from the mouth of the mississippi river and aiming for landfall somewhere between grand isle, louisiana and destin, florida. the storm could become a hurricane by the time it strikes shore, sometime tomorrow. more details have emerged on the connecticut woman who led police on a car chase through downtown washington, yesterday. miriam carey first tried to drive through a white house security barrier. from there, she raced to the capitol, where police briefly cornered her, before she sped...
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jim was arrested and in louisiana so therefore my father was called on as second in command of core, to speak for the march. he tended to be a little fierier, not quite a goe gospelt quite a baptist minister but he stuck to script it seemed to me, more than northerly. to charmaine, it is my faith in you and other youth that i rely on. >> woodruff: that was charmaine mckissick-melton from durham, north carolina. you can find her story, and other firsthand accounts for the web series, "memories of the march," produced by public television stations around the country, on the pbs web site, "black culture connection." >> ifill: now to our own coverage of the anniversary. thousands gathered saturday to mark the occasion on the national mall, the site of the original march. elected officials, activists and civil rights leaders addressed the crowd, calling for a more expansive interpretation of >> as we gather today, 50 years. later, their march is now our march and it must go on. and our focus has broadened to include the cause of women, of latinos, aasian-americans, of lesbians, of gays, o
jim was arrested and in louisiana so therefore my father was called on as second in command of core, to speak for the march. he tended to be a little fierier, not quite a goe gospelt quite a baptist minister but he stuck to script it seemed to me, more than northerly. to charmaine, it is my faith in you and other youth that i rely on. >> woodruff: that was charmaine mckissick-melton from durham, north carolina. you can find her story, and other firsthand accounts for the web series,...
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they had come up from louisiana. there were people from maine. there were people from nebraska. there were people from all over this country and from all walks of life. farmers, students, businessmen, folks who are saying we need to turn away from the fossil fuels of the past, invest in efficiency and renewables and build a 21st century economy on new fuels and... >> many, many, many more work in industry in the 20 industrial sectors which are energy intensive and trade exposed in the country that depend on the reliable and affordable supplies of energy. even the steelworkers who were opposed to this at one point now appear to be coming round and are likely to support the pipeline because they know the steel itself is sourced here in the united states. >> woodruff: let me finally ask you both. what's at stake ultimately here, scott segal, if this pipeline is not built in your view? >> well, in my view the united states loses on the energy security front. the united states loses on the job creation front. the united states gains absolutely nothing from either a global climate cha
they had come up from louisiana. there were people from maine. there were people from nebraska. there were people from all over this country and from all walks of life. farmers, students, businessmen, folks who are saying we need to turn away from the fossil fuels of the past, invest in efficiency and renewables and build a 21st century economy on new fuels and... >> many, many, many more work in industry in the 20 industrial sectors which are energy intensive and trade exposed in the...
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. >> ifill: in the senate, some democrats are pushing their own legislation, including louisiana senator mary landrieu. >> the president's announcement this morning was a great first step and we will probably need legislation to make it stick. my bill is a permanent solution. we're going to be working to see how that can be shaped to make it real, hold the promise and support the affordable care act. >> ifill: but how did today's presidential mea culpa go over in the house? for that, we turn to two members of the house: democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois; and republican congressman james lankford of oklahoma. jan that cow ski, you just heard what mary landrieu had to say in the senate. what do you think? do you think what the president did today was you have? >> we had a democratic caucus. the reaction was approving of the president's plan. i think people felt that this was was a good fix and you know when you start something like this there are going to be changes that we need to make and felt that this was a good idea and so i think the response has been very, very pos
. >> ifill: in the senate, some democrats are pushing their own legislation, including louisiana senator mary landrieu. >> the president's announcement this morning was a great first step and we will probably need legislation to make it stick. my bill is a permanent solution. we're going to be working to see how that can be shaped to make it real, hold the promise and support the affordable care act. >> ifill: but how did today's presidential mea culpa go over in the house?...
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concentrateed in, say, kentucky, tennessee, west virginia down to what's known as the stroke belt, louisiana, texas. not so much california interest >> i. one interesting aspect of the story is is that this is not a situation that is driven -- it's not cropping up in the hispanic population, for example, it's really more white lower income populations in the southern part of the country in particular. >> and we say 43%. what number? system there a way to say how many women are affected? >> not necessarily in this study but in you think about it we have about 3,000 -- 3,100 u.s. counties or parishes or the equivalent and so it's a hefty portion. it's not the most populous counties. the more populous counties tend to be say in the northeast or in california. these are less populous areas of the country that are still very, very hard hit by these pham that. >> ifill: are there trend lines we should be watching? whether it's comparing to what happens what's happening here to other countries to what's happening doe midwest sdpli >> what we know is our situation continues to worsen relative to all
concentrateed in, say, kentucky, tennessee, west virginia down to what's known as the stroke belt, louisiana, texas. not so much california interest >> i. one interesting aspect of the story is is that this is not a situation that is driven -- it's not cropping up in the hispanic population, for example, it's really more white lower income populations in the southern part of the country in particular. >> and we say 43%. what number? system there a way to say how many women are...
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senate by a bipartisan team of sherrod brown, democrat from ohio and david vitter, a republican from louisiana. and you call that a "smart" bill. what appeals to you about it? >> gretchen morgenson: well, what that bill basically does is it requires a far greater capital cushion for these banks, a far greater sort of rainy-day fund for these banks to have on hand in case they get into trouble. in 2008, the capital requirements were far too thin. so the cushion was this big when it should've been this big. and it wasn't liquid. it didn't consist of, you know, cash or treasury securities that you could sell immediately. it was, you know, one of these complex situations set up by this committee in basel, switzerland. and, you know, very, you know, byzantine. and it wasn't readily available capital. there wasn't enough of it and it wasn't liquid. and so the sherrod brown and david vitter bill is an idea of how to have that pile of cash available, ready if there's a problem. well, banks don't like this because they want to deploy that cash. they want to earn money on that cash. they want to, you kn
senate by a bipartisan team of sherrod brown, democrat from ohio and david vitter, a republican from louisiana. and you call that a "smart" bill. what appeals to you about it? >> gretchen morgenson: well, what that bill basically does is it requires a far greater capital cushion for these banks, a far greater sort of rainy-day fund for these banks to have on hand in case they get into trouble. in 2008, the capital requirements were far too thin. so the cushion was this big when...
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cuccinelli's the one to do it. ( cheers ) >> reporter: louisiana governor bobby jindal also has rallied voters for the republican. >> this isn't a choice between two personalities. this isn't a choice between two guys that have slightly different views. this is a clear contrast. >> reporter: the contest also has captured the attention of virginians looking for signs of where their state is headed politically. >> i think it's dangerous to say virginia is a blue state or even a purple state. remember what this state was like 15 years ago? this was the bedrock christian right state. it doesn't go away. >> we're kind of in the crosshairs of a lot of change in america. you know, there's part of northern virginia that's kind of moving in one direction, there's the rest of virginia that's kind of moving in another direction. so it's kind of like we're at a crossroads in which way we're going to go. >> reporter: with so much at stake, a fierce battle has been waged across the airwaves. >> as governor, where would ken cuccinelli take his extreme agenda? our schools. >> reporter: in face-to-face
cuccinelli's the one to do it. ( cheers ) >> reporter: louisiana governor bobby jindal also has rallied voters for the republican. >> this isn't a choice between two personalities. this isn't a choice between two guys that have slightly different views. this is a clear contrast. >> reporter: the contest also has captured the attention of virginians looking for signs of where their state is headed politically. >> i think it's dangerous to say virginia is a blue state or...